This was a wonderful, inspiring, motivating, and content-rich story. I especially found great value in this key thought.

“…And in a weird way, I’m grateful for that (deemed bad) habit — it taught me an important lesson about the complex connections between our bodies and our minds.”

I have recommended your story to my followers, and placed a link to it in my story… https://medium.com/illumination/critical-thinking-and-the-pleasure-principle-377fd49588c7